Otis Elevator Co. v. Parmelee’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 165th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1002 (§ 3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1132 (§ 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1140 (§ 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux · Fort Halifax Packing Co. v. Coyne · Downer v. Aquamarine Operators, Inc. · TransAmerican Natural Gas Corp. v. Powell · Roark v. Allen
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“after reading the pleadings and papers on file and hearing the arguments of counsel”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.